Fort Titus

Fort Titus
south of Lecompton, Kansas
Site information
Typepartisan fort
Controlled byHenry T. Titus
Site history
Builtca. April 1856
In useca. April 1856 - August 16, 1856
Materialslogs, wood
Garrison information
Garrisonabout 18 men

Fort Titus was the fortress residence of pro-slavery advocate Henry T. Titus, built in Kansas in April 1856, during a period when forces aligned with Titus came into conflict with free-state settlers. The wider conflict, which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas, became known as Bleeding Kansas.

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